As part of the School of Rural Health 20^th Anniversary celebrations, a $10,000 scholarship was made available to the honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science students (BMedSc (Hons)). We are very pleased to announce that the winner of the scholarship is Kyla Garft.

Kyla is studying the BMedSci (Hons) program through the School of Rural Health. She is based at the Bendigo Eye Clinic under the clinical supervision of Mr. Peter Burt, consultant Ophthalmologist and Dr Pam Snow from the Bendigo Regional Clinical School, who is the academic supervisor.

The title of Kyla’s study is ‘Effectiveness of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients’. Kyla is from rural NSW and completed Years 3 and 4 of the MBBS course in the NVRMEN program before successfully applying for a BMedSc (Hons) year. Kyla is the fourth NVRMEN student to undertake a BMedSc (Hons) at the Bendigo Eye Clinic. The first such student, Dr Michael Jamieson is now in the ophthalmology training program and is working at the Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne.

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